• March 27, 2024
• At Home, Horror

I love the setup of Late Night With the Devil. Portrayed as a solemn, late-70s contemporary documentary, the film’s POV uses “original footage” of a long-lost episode of late...

• June 14, 2023
• At Home, Horror, Thriller

Now, as a non-believer, I unabashedly love the genre of religious horror. Show me someone possessed by a demon, or an evil flying angel, or an unfortunate victim getting...

• January 27, 2018
• At Home, Horror

On Halloween night, after a horrific commute, I decided to hunker down and stay at home rather than go out. I just so happened to have a copy of...

• September 14, 2016
• At Home, Horror

In a sense, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren helped spawn the modern horror movie. After all, it was they who documented the murders at the house in Amityville,...

• October 31, 2015
• At Home, Horror

Molly Hartley (Sarah Lind) was once a haunted girl in high school (see The Haunting of Molly Hartley… which I, myself, did not see). It’s now six years later,...

• February 6, 2015
• At Home, Horror

Sadly, Seventh Son isn’t even one of those spectacularly campy, so-bad-it’s-good misfires, redeemed by unintentional humor or deliciously over-the-top performances. This one misses the mark by such a gargantuan...

• January 26, 2015
• At Home, Horror

I’m a sucker for religious horror films, from possession to demon dolls to angels falling to earth. When I saw the ads for Horns, showing That Nice Daniel Radcliffe...

• October 3, 2014
• At Home, Horror

A minor breakaway star from the hit horror film The Conjuring, Annabelle was a creepy CREEPY possessed doll the proved to be such trouble that she is now (in...

• November 25, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Horror, Mystery

Hey kids! Look what’s out just in time for Halloween—it’s the new Amityville Horror! What the world really needs is an Amityville movie at least every five years, and...

• August 14, 2013
• Action, At Home, Fantasy

I can only guess that The Mortal Instruments series of books is much better than this film. After all, the story seems to pick and choose from the hot genres,...

• October 9, 2011
• At Home, Horror, Thriller

When I tried to remember what went on in Poltergeist II, I could picture a few scenes in my mind, but no story. That didn’t seem right, so I...

• July 11, 2008
• Action, At Home, Comedy, Fantasy

Back in 2004, director Guillermo del Toro helmed the first Hellboy movie to a moderate level of acclaim and fanboy delight. But back then, he was just the sorta-known...